US EditionLiverpool fronts record spending by English clubs as player power takes hold in transfer window
Liverpool's $570 million summer transfer spend sets a new single-window record amid rising player influence and Premier League's $4 billion total outlay, exceeding other major European leagues combined.
- Liverpool saved the biggest transfer until last by signing Alexander Isak from Newcastle United for a British-record fee as their summer spending reached $570 million, while Premier League clubs collectively spent over $4 billion on Monday.
- Flush with broadcast revenue, English soccer's vast TV deals fueled record spending, while player power shaped moves as Alexander Isak effectively went on strike using Instagram Stories to press for a transfer.
- Arsenal followed Liverpool by spending more than $300 million this summer, while the Reds offset costs by recouping about $250 million and previously making over $50 million net profit.
- Isak's departure set off a surge, making him one of the priciest players and prompting Newcastle to reinvest by signing Yoane Wissa for �55 million and Nick Woltemade on Saturday.
- They have smashed the previous single-window record of 2.36 billion by spending about 3 billion, with the 20 Premier League teams outspending Spain, Italy, France and Germany combined.
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The shopping balance of the English clubs blows all records, the transfer madness of Liverpool and Co. rumbles the football landscape.
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Liverpool fronts record spending by English clubs as player power takes hold in transfer window
English soccer and Liverpool, in particular, flexed its financial muscles in unprecedented fashion in a summer transfer window that highlighted the growing imbalance in the European game as well as the effect player power can have in securing a move.
English elite clubs spent a record sum on player transfers, with champions Liverpool being the biggest spender, spending more than 500 million euros.
English football, and particularly Liverpool, showed its financial power in an unprecedented way in a summer transfer window that highlighted the growing imbalance in European football, as well as the effect that the power of players can have to secure a transfer.
Last year, Liverpool was the sole protagonist of the transfer window in England, two times breaking down the record of the most expensive negotiations of the British football in the same European summer.
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